From 1998 until 2001, the Oh Yeah! Cartoons series aired ten Fairly OddParents shorts with a run time of seven and a half minutes each. After starting as a regular television series in 2001, Nickelodeon has aired a total of ten seasons with currently 160 episodes aired in the United States, including 7 television movies, 3 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour crossover movies and 3 full-length live-action films. The series has also produced television films, notable films like "Abra-Catastrophe!" the first movie, which aired in 2003 on Nickelodeon, and "Channel Chasers" which aired a year later in 2004. The latest film A Fairly Odd Summer was released in 2014. The first 8 seasons with the help of Amazon went on DVD since 2012. Counting the Oh Yeah! era, The Fairly OddParents is the longest running cartoon (in terms of years) currently airing on Nickelodeon. As of September 16, 2016[update], 160 1/2 episodes had aired in the United States. The series returned in 2013, after a year-long hiatus with the ninth season premiere, which began airing on March 23, 2013, with the half-hour special "Fairly OddPet".

On August 17, 2015, a tenth season was officially announced, and would introduce another new character named Chloe Carmichael, Timmy's new neighbor who also has Cosmo and Wanda as her fairy godparents.[1] The season will premiere, in early 2016. On December 30, 2015, Nickelodeon's Twitter[2] posted the new character's picture, and the Season 10 premiere date, January 15, 2016.

The Fairly OddParents' actual origins premiered as Oh Yeah! Cartoons. The Fairly OddParents first premiered on September 4, 1998 with the pilot episode, "The Fairly OddParents!", plus the first appearance of Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Turner, and Vicky. The shorts season ended on March 23, 2001 with the Oh Yeah! short, "Super Humor", a week before the official series began. From 2001–2003, 9 out of 10 shorts were aired on Nickelodeon with Tara Strong dubbing over Mary Kay Bergman's voice as Timmy Turner.

Before The Fairly OddParents series officially began, The Fairly OddParents aired 10 total shorts through 1998–2001. Each short has been released to DVD with the original audio.